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- Scientists use DNA probe to detect dysentery bacteria
- Jan 15, 2014
- Researchers have developed a new technology that can accurately detect bacillary dysentery-causing bacteria and count how many of them there are, for the first time in the history of food and nutritional sciences. The Rural Development Administration (RDA) announced recently it h...
- Korea, US develop ‘highly spherical’ gold nanosphere
- Jan 14, 2014
- A joint Korea-U.S. research team has developed “ultra-smooth, highly spherical monocrystalline gold nanospheres” for the first time ever in the history of nanotechnology. The image shows the cyclical process of slow growth and etching required to make gold octahedral nanosph...
- Nature You Meet in the Mountains #8
- Jan 09, 2014
- Flora & Fauna of Korea #8 Korea.net publishes a series of articles, “Nature You Meet in the Mountains,” about the peninsula’s mushrooms, insects, trees and herbs & flowers. Insects Name: 밀잠자리 (Mil jamjari) Scientific name: Orthetrum albistylum speciosum (Uhler) Distribu...
- Korea builds second Antarctic base, Jang Bogo Station
- Jan 09, 2014
- The construction of Korea’s second Antarctic base is nearing completion. The Jang Bogo Antarctic Research Station is being built in Terra Nova Bay, Victoria Land, in the southeastern part of Antarctica. This is the country’s second base on the frozen continent after the Antarctic...
- Smart tech gets spotlight at CES 2014
- Jan 09, 2014
- The 2014 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the world’s largest international consumer electronics and technology trade show, began its four-day run in Las Vegas, U.S., on January 7. Over 40 Korean firms participated in this year’s CES, where electronics and technology companies fr...
- Telemedicine brings health care to remote communities
- Jan 08, 2014
- In December 2013, Kim Gil-su, a 63-year-old resident of Yeongyang County, Gyeongsangbuk-do (North Gyeongsang Province), travelled 20 kilometers to get to a public health center. With the government’s new telemedicine system of offering health care remotely to distant communities,...
- Sprouts and insect-based cosmetics: RDA research bears ...
- Jan 06, 2014
- Sprouts that are consumed within four days of sprouting have been a popular dish since the early 2000s. Consumers seem to have been attracted to the merits of both its safety as well as richness in vitamins and minerals, in comparison with more ripened sprouts. However, the sprou...
- Nature You Meet in the Mountains #7
- Jan 02, 2014
- Flora & Fauna of Korea #7 Korea.net publishes a series of articles, “Nature You Meet in the Mountains,” about the peninsula’s mushrooms, insects, trees and herbs & flowers. Insects Name: 고추잠자리 (Gochu jamjari) Scientific name: Crocothemis servilia servilia (Drury) Distri...
- New plasma tech cleans fruits, vegetables
- Jan 02, 2014
- Apples, chilies and tomatoes are some of the most popular agricultural products, but concerns have been raised as pesticides can accumulate in the body unless the food is washed thoroughly before consumption. If a new technology bears fruit, these concerns will be no longer neede...
- Korea, Uzbekistan cooperate on solar energy development
- Dec 31, 2013
- Korea and Uzbekistan are joining forces to develop the solar energy industry. The two countries signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the joint development of the solar energy industry, in Seoul on December 19. Uzbekistan has abundant sunlight with wide open spaces and b...
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